A Delhi Court on Monday held the five accused guilty in the Danish woman gang-rape case.
"The defence counsel has filed revision petition in the Delhi High Court. It was filed on June 3...nowhere it is mentioned that proceedings of this court has been stayed by the Delhi High Court. Hence, this court is not barred from passing the order. So, all accused are held guilty for all the offences," said Additional Solicitor General Ramesh Kumar while pronouncing the verdict.
All five adult accused namely Mahendra alias Ganja (24), Mohd Raja (22), Raju (23), Arjun (21) and Raju Chakka (22) were held guilty under Sections 376 D, 366, 342, 395 and 506 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The court will hear the arguments on quantum of sentence on June 9.
Nine men, including three juveniles, were accused of robbing and raping the 52-year-old Danish woman at knife-point near New Delhi railway station in January 2014 after she sought directions to her hotel in Paharganj area.
The Additional Solicitor General had earlier on May 26 fixed the matter for judgement after he concluded hearing final arguments of both the Delhi Police and the defence counsel.
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While the prosecution submitted that all evidence nails the accused, the defence counsel claimed that his clients were innocent.
Shyam Lal, one of the accused, died in February in Delhi's Tihar Jail and the proceedings against him in this case were abated.
The three minors are facing proceedings before the Juvenile Justice Board in connection with this case.
